Apparatus for the easy clamping of the protecting tubes used in permanent waving of the hair



Feb. 26, 1924." 1,485,148

H.R.PHHJPPE APPARATUS FOR THE EASY CLAMPING OF THE PROTECTING TUBES USEDIN PERMANENT WAVING OF THE HAIR Filed Nov. 14. 1922 I 6/ UTZQ/ T MfiZW/ud all ikw KL,

Patented Feb. 26, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrica.

HENRI ROBERT PHILIPPE, F PARIS, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TC FELIX COUNE, OF

CHICAGO ILLINOIS.

APPARATUS FOR THE EASY CLAMPING OF THE PROTECTING TUBES USED INPERMANENT WAVING OF THE HAIR.

Application filed November To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRI ROBERT PHI- LIPPE, a citizen of the FrenchRepublic, residing 400 Rue Saint-Honor, Paris, France,

have invented new and useful Improvements in an A paratus for the EasyClamping Near the cal of the Protecting Tubes Used in the Met ods forthe Lasting or Permanent Waving of the Hair on the Head, of which thefollowing is the specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus for easily clamping, near thescalp, protecting tubes used in the methods for the permanent waving ofhair.

As is well known, it is indispensable that this clamping should beeffected in a perfect manner, so as to prevent any issue of steam nearthe head of the patient. For cffecting this clamping, um has first been'made of a. resisting string, ti htly stretched by means of specialpliers. ut this means has a serious inconvenience which becomes manifestwhen the hairdresser desires to release the lock of hair which has justbeen heated; in order to do this, it is necessary to open the tube atthe end remote from the head, to split itthroughout its length and thento cut the string, with precaution, so as as not to injure the hair.

The invention has for its object an adustable clamping apparatus of thiskind, ut the operation" of which is much more rapid and the constructionmore simple and ac stronger than those having a screw and nut clampingsystem.

This apparatus is characterized in that the clamplng, in variableposition, of the branches strongly jointed toglether, is efec fected bsimp e pressure of t e fingers on levers orming extensions of the saidbranches, while a locking system prevents any relative rotation of t eranches in reverse direction, the unlocking taking lace so by exert' onthe levers paraliial to the axis 0 rotation, so as to space apart thetwo branches which are made for that purpose of a metal having asufiicient resiliency.

accompan drawing illustrates, by

so way of example, a cm of carrying out the invention.

14, 1922. Serial No. 600,885.

Fig. 1 is an elevation of the apparatus in the open position.

Fig. 2 1s a corresponding plan view, the apparatus being closed.

ig.'3 is a section according to line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 shows the method of using the apparatus.

Fig; 5 shows a constructional modification.

The device illustrated is composed of two branches at and b jointed at cand having an a proximately semicircular shape. This s ape, moreover, isnot essential; it su ces that, in the closed position, these twobranches provide between them an approximately circular hole in whichthe tube is clamped.

One of the branches at carries a tenon d which combines with holes eformed in the other branch 6 and the centers of which are situated on anarc of a circle having for center 0. The tenon d is, moreover, so cut asto present an incline g for permitting the clamping, under the pressureof the fingers exerted according to the arrows f on the levers h and k.-The branches are formed of a resilient metal, such as steel, the slo gcompellin in fact the tenon d to lift tii: branch 6. n the other hand,for any stress directed in reverse direction to the arrows f, the tenond remains in the holes 6 and thus forms a bolt preventing'the unclamp-For unlocking, it is necessary to move the branches apart by a pullexerted parallel to the axis 0 according to the arrows f.

In practice, the tenon d instead of being secured in position, can beobtained by a suitable stamping of the branch (1 (Fig. 5). The levers hand k are each provided with a surface h and k at right angles to theplane of the branches a and b, for facilitatlng their manipulation; thissurface can be obtained either by folding down a side to e %Fig. 4) orog torsion of the levers h an k( igs. 1,2an 3).

What I claim as m to secure by Letters atent is: v In combination with aheating tube for a hair waving appliance, ofa clip and a. scalpinvention and desireprotector comprising a pair of clamping be sealedand the scalp protected from the levers hinged at one end, said leversbeing heat applied to the tube during the hair provided at the other endwith operating waving operation. 10

handles, and means intermediate said han- In testimony whereof I havesigned my 5 dles and hinge adapted to hold the clampname to thisspecification.

ing levers around the end of the tube adj acent to the scalp, wherebythe tube will HENRI ROBERT PHILIPPE.

